2: BAMA MAN – Huntsville native Jimmy Wales founded this collaborative online encyclopedia in January, 2001. What is Wikipedia?
4: (FORMERLY) ODD SOX – When this Boston Red Sox catcher signed with the Chicago White Sox in 1981, he reversed the digits of his number from 27 to 72. Who is Carlton Fisk?
6: TEAPOT – A collection of stars in the shape of a teapot appears near this Zodiac constellation named for a legendary archer. What is Sagittarius?
8: BOSON – W and Z Bosons carry weak nuclear force, while these bosons carry the strong force. What are gluons?
10: BILLY PILGRIM – Four outer islands in Boston Harbor are named for this religious leader who served as an advisor to Plymouth governor William Bradford. What is CLAM chowdah?
ROBOTS & ROBOTICS
3: The SI unit measuring magnetic induction is named for this engineer who invented the first device controlled by radio remote control. Who was Tesla?
6: Heron, a writer and inventor from this Egyptian city, invented several machines that performed wonders in temples. What is Alexandria?
9: Nickname shared by an NHL team and the General Atomics MQ-1 Unmanned Ariel Vehicle used by the US Air Force and the CIA. What is Predator? (and fwiw, the new Winnipeg Jets sweater and logo look great!)
12: Unimate, a General Motors industrial robot, was the first robot of this type which is not controlled by outside forces. What is automaton?
15: First defined in a robotic context by Norbert Weiner in a book of the same name, this term derives from a Greek word meaning governor. What is cybernetic?
Life IS pain, Princess. Anyone telling you differently is selling something.
2. Wikipedia.
4. Clam. For unknown reasons, Johnny Bench comes to mind.
6. Sagittarius
8. clam. My guess would be s for strong, but htat's all it is.
10. Cotton Mather (a leap of faith here).
3. Marconi? For 3 points, it shouldn't be someone obscure like Zworykin.
6. Alexandria. Saw it on TV.
9. Predator
12. Clam. Can think of many possible terms (fully automated, self-directed; none seems right.
15. Clam. I'm thinking technocracy, since the krat- stem means rule in Greek. And isn't it Wiener?
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Hello JBoard folks. This is Sue, --Pete's wife. --Pete is going to be in the hospital for awhile and will not be able to score this until he gets back home. He is not sure how long he will be off line so, he wanted me to be sure you know that if he is away for too long it is OK with him if someone else does this.
Thank you,
Sue
"We are looking over our new domicile,
If we like, we stay for maybe quite a while."
--Pete wrote:Hello JBoard folks. This is Sue, --Pete's wife. --Pete is going to be in the hospital for awhile and will not be able to score this until he gets back home. He is not sure how long he will be off line so, he wanted me to be sure you know that if he is away for too long it is OK with him if someone else does this.
--Pete wrote:Hello JBoard folks. This is Sue, --Pete's wife. --Pete is going to be in the hospital for awhile and will not be able to score this until he gets back home. He is not sure how long he will be off line so, he wanted me to be sure you know that if he is away for too long it is OK with him if someone else does this.
Thank you,
Sue
Thanks for letting us all know Sue. Pete: get well soon, we're thinking of you.